Bryan Davis (born April 21, 1958) is an American

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fantasy author, his most popular series being ''Dragons in our Midst'', ''Oracles of Fire'', and ''Children of the Bard''. Davis was born in 1958 and grew up in the eastern United States. Bryan is a graduate of the University of Florida (B.S. in Industrial Engineering). In high school, he was a member of the National Honor Society and voted Most Likely to Succeed. Although he is now a full-time writer, Bryan was a computer professional for over 20 years.Harvest-tv.com
In trying to get published he was rejected over 200 times. He lives with his wife, Susie, and two of their seven children in western

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. One of his daughters, Amanda L. Davis, wrote ''Precisely Terminated'', ''Noble Imposter'', and ''Viral Execution'', three books in the Cantral Chronicles series. Bryan began to focus on writing fantasy after having a dream about a boy who breathed fire. Eventually this grew into ''Raising Dragons'', his first published work of fiction.

Publications

Bryan Davis has written several Christian fiction series and other novels, many of them also Christian.

Dragons In Our Midst

''Dragons in our Midst'' is an American

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

book series written by Bryan Davis. It follows the story of Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver, two modern day American teenagers who each have one parent that was once a

dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...

. Because of their dragon heritage, they each have unique traits, which they use in their battles against the evil dragon slayers. The first book, ''Raising Dragons'' was published in 2004, and the last book, ''Tears of a Dragon'' in 2005. A

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series, Oracles of Fire was written, beginning with ''Eye of the Oracle'' in 2006 and ending with ''The Bones of Makaidos'' in 2009. A third series, Children of the Bard, began with ''Song of the Ovulum'' in 2011 and ended with ''Omega Dragon'' in 2015. ''Dragons in our Midst'' series: *''Raising Dragons'' (2004) *''The Candlestone'' (2004) *''Circles of Seven'' (2005) *''Tears of a Dragon'' (2005) ''Oracles of Fire'' series: *''Eye of the Oracle'' (2006) – prequel to the ''Dragons in our Midst'' series *''Enoch's Ghost'' (2007) – sequel to the ''Dragons in our Midst'' series *''Last of the Nephilim'' (2008) *''The Bones of Makaidos'' (2009) ''Children of the Bard'' series – sequel to the ''Dragons in our Midst'' and ''Oracles of Fire'' series *''Song of the Ovulum'' (2011) *''From the Mouth of Elijah'' (2012) *''The Seventh Door'' (2014) *''Omega Dragon'' (2015)

Other publications

''Time Echoes Trilogy'': *''Time Echoes'' (2017) *''Interfinity'' (2017) *''Fatal Convergence'' (2017) ''Dragons of Starlight'' series: *''Starlighter'' (2010) *''Warrior'' (2011) *''Diviner'' (2011) *''Liberator'' (2012) ''Tales of Starlight'' (adult fiction companion series to ''Dragons of Starlight''): *''Masters and Slayers'' (2010) *''Third Starlighter'' (2011) *''Exodus Rising'' (2013) "Arch Book" series: *''The Day That

Jesus Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

Died'' *''The Story of Jesus' Baptism and Temptation'' *''The Story of the Empty Tomb'' *''Jacob's Dream'' "Reapers Trilogy": * ''Reapers'' (Scrubjay Journeys) (2014) * ''Beyond the Gateway'' (2015) * ''Reaper Reborn'' (2017) "Wanted: Superheroes" series: *''Wanted: A Superhero to Save the World'' (2017) *''Hertz to Be a Hero'' (2019) *''Antigravity Heroes'' (2019) Other books include: *''Spit and Polish for Husbands'' (2004) *''The Image of a Father'' (2004) *''I Know Why the Angels Dance'' (2009) *''Beelzebed'' (2013) *''The Scent of Her Soul'' (2018) *''Write Them In'' (2020) *''Let the Ghosts Speak'' (2020)

References

External links

Bryan Davis' official web siteFantastic Fiction Author Page
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Song of the Ovulum official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Bryan 21st-century American novelists American fantasy writers American male novelists American Christian writers 1958 births Living people 21st-century American male writers Writers from Norfolk, Virginia People from Middleton, Tennessee